What will Trump’s endgame look like? | FT #shorts

At some point in late summer, Donald Trump stopped taking my calls. It was nothing personal, explains the FT’s Edward Luce. He stopped answering most journalists. ‘The president is in a foul mood,’ said a senior figure in his orbit. ‘You wouldn’t want to speak to him.’⁠ ⁠ Earlier in the year, Trump had been only too keen to talk. Operation Epic Fury was a huge success, he said; America was beating Iran like never before. Since Jimmy Carter was humiliated almost 50 years ago by the Iran hostage crisis, no president had the guts to take on the ayatollahs and win, was Trump’s consistent refrain. ⁠ ⁠ Then his mood altered. His problem was that ever fewer Americans seemed to believe him.⁠ Read more here: https://www.ft.com/content/c344ed8a-4e4b-43f8-a570-d8101864d929?syn-25a6b1a6=1&utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio ► Enjoying FT content? Get a daily slice of the very best FT journalism with FT Edit. Free for 30 days then just £4.99 a month See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132. ► Check out our Community tab for more stories: https://www.youtube.com/@FinancialTimes/community ► Listen to our podcasts: https://www.ft.com/podcasts ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtimes ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@financialtimes